FIERCE TRIBAL BATTLE
TRANSJORDANIAN FRONTIER JERUSALEM, February 18. A great tribal battle has been fought on the transjordanian frontier. Feisal Ed Dowish, tho Wahabi rebel, whose raids on Iraq in December reduced the villages to desolation, attacked the Benisakr tribe following their refusal to pay tribute to Ibnsaud. As a result of the fight the chief Benisakr and 120 of his people were slain. Tho tribe counter-attacked bravely, resulting in Feisal losing more than 100 killed.
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Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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76FIERCE TRIBAL BATTLE Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 4
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